It’s all about the journey the characters go on, and how everything is interconnected. By stressing that we should catagorise our knowledge, Haynes creates a film for our digital world. The ending, for example, links superbly with the beginning and is an earnest gut punch, but the film has become too concerned with plot, somehow simultaneously rushing and dragging, that when this moment arrives, it doesn’t feel earned, no matter how emotionally involving. ", "[It] has nice details but suffers from a glib tone and some preposterous plotting (...) Disappointmentstruck and even rather boredomstruck are reasonable descriptions of my emotional state (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)", "Audiences hoping for a Todd Haynes movie will not be disappointed. The director also has a skill for developing whimsy, evoking the awe and stoking the imagination Natural History Museums cause through the production design, and a stop-motion debrief narrated by the always dependable Julianne Moore, as she stands amongst her carefully curated model of New York, is an inspired way to wrap up loose strings. Spoiler Alert! He discovers a small blue book in his mother's desk with the word Wonderstruck on the cover. Please send us a. All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors. It’s a nice sentiment in an otherwise disappointing movie. Unfortunately, this journey is too disjointed, the pieces struggling to satisfactorily click together. So begins his search. Wonderstruck is a film directed by Todd Haynes with Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Millicent Simmonds, Michelle Williams .... Year: 2017. 2017 has been over for nearly a month now, and as is tradition I’m still putting together my Top Ten list for the year. Only some of us are looking at the stars.”. Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission?

Wonderstruck (2011) by Brian Selznick is a graphic novel for children and young adults. Wonderstruck by Brian Seltzer 2011 Scholastic Press 4.5 / 5.0 Story of a young boys search for his father. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It’s not a spoiler to talk about the end of Wonderstruck because it isn’t a film defined by its ending. It is in Moore’s model of NY that Wonderstruck really comes alive. The story happens over two timelines. It’s not a spoiler to talk about the end of Wonderstruck because it isn’t a film defined by its ending. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.